Ducks discovered what all teams discover: harrying relentless speed is a great neutralizer against big, ugly, self-satisfied skill forwards; you can’t hit what you can’t catch, plain and simple. Zoom zoom…

All the stick-slamming purple-faced temper tantrums exhibited by Ducks against Wings during recent losses proved frustration can be a true ego killer, but Selanne of all players being tossed for boorish unprofessional conduct, my word? And Bobby Ryan going goon-side on Brendan Smith, wazzup wit dat [ Mary Hill used to hang out, in Cherry Hill Park ]?

How did Babcock make Boudreau’s Ducks unravel you ask…speed and more speed, beans and more beans, by the bagful? Look for other teams to do the same to Ducks, those even remotely capable, say Canucks…